coarse

coarse
[kɔːs]
aggettivo
1) [texture, wool] grezzo, ruvido; [skin] ruvido; [hair, grass] folto; [sand, salt] grosso
2) (not refined) [manners, features] grossolano, rozzo; [laugh] sguaiato; [accent] volgare
3) (indecent) [language, joke] volgare
4) [food, wine] scadente
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[ko:s]
adjective
1) (rough in texture or to touch; not fine: This coat is made of coarse material.) grezzo; ruvido
2) (rude, vulgar or unrefined: coarse jokes.) rozzo, volgare
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- coarseness
- coarsen
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coarse /kɔ:s/
a.
1 grezzo; ruvido; scabro: coarse metal, metallo grezzo; coarse cloth, tela grezza (o ruvida); coarse-wooled sheep, pecora dalla lana ruvida
2 a grani grossi; grosso; a grana grossa; grossolano: coarse salt, sale grosso; coarse-fibred, a trama (o grana) grossa
3 poco raffinato; rozzo; rude; grossolano: coarse features, fattezze grossolane; coarse fare, cibo grossolano; coarse manners, modi grossolani; maniere rudi
4 sguaiato; volgare; triviale: coarse language, linguaggio triviale; parolacce
5 (pesca, GB) relativo alla pesca di acqua dolce (tranne che del salmone e della trota)
● coarse-grained, a grana grossa; (fig.) grossolano, rozzo, inelegante □ (GB) coarse fish, pesce d'acqua dolce (eccettuati salmone e trota)
coarsely avv.
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[kɔːs]
aggettivo
1) [texture, wool] grezzo, ruvido; [skin] ruvido; [hair, grass] folto; [sand, salt] grosso
2) (not refined) [manners, features] grossolano, rozzo; [laugh] sguaiato; [accent] volgare
3) (indecent) [language, joke] volgare
4) [food, wine] scadente

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